Shipping container or case for shipping film-reels



E. F. HOLINGER AND C. L. GULICK.

SHIPPING CONTAINER OR CASE FOR SHIPPING FILM REELS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24. I920.

Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 24, 1920- Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

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El /III. F. HOLINGER, OF JERSEY CITY, AND CHARLES I1. GULICIL OF ORANGE,NEW JERSEY.

SHIPPING CONTAINER 0B CASE FOR SHIPPING FILM-HEELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1%20.

Application filed May 24, 1920. Serial No. 383,798.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, EMIL F. HOLINGER andCHARLES L. GULroK, citizens of the United States of America, residing at459 Summit avenue, Jersey City, and 194i l lhite street, Orange,respectively, in the counties of Hudson and Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ShippingContainers or Cases for Shipping Film-Reels, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to shipping containers or cases and has specialreference to a container or case for shipping film reels such as areused in the motion picture business.

One important object of the invention is to provide an improved generalconstruction of devices of this character.

A second important object of the invention is to provide an improvedshipping case having a retractile rack or cabinet therein for holdingthe reels separately so that any number of reels up to the full capacityof the case may be shipped without danger of injury from rattling aboutd iring handling.

A third important object of the invention is that any film reelscontained in the cabinet may be withdrawn therefrom and again replacedin the cabinet without disturbing any other reels therein.

A fourth important object of the invention is the provision of a casefor the purpose which will be of an improved shape having greatconstructive strength, freedom from rolling, occupies a minimum of spaceand is especially adapted to the remaining constructive details.

lVith the above and other objects in view, as will be hereinafterapparent, the invention consists in general of certain novel de tails ofconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings like charactors of reference indicatelikeparts in the several views, and:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a shipping case constructed in accordancewith the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, a portion of the casing being brokenaway to show part of the container cabinet.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 of the upper part of thedevice.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the device,

showing the cabinet in its elevated or re tra oted position.

' F 5 is a vertical section through one In the embodiment shown there ispro- I Vided a casing 10 of general triangular prismatic form, thecorners of the casing being rounded, as clearly seen in Fig. 1. Adjacentthe top of each corner within the casing is a guide plate 11 securelyfixed to the casing, as by welding, soldering or other proper means.These plates serve as guides for frame members or legs 12 madepreferably of fiat metal and fixed at their upper ends to the cover ortop 13 of the casing, this top being provided with the usual dependingflanges M around its periphery arranged to fit ti .Qhtly on the upper oropen end of said casing. Moreover, the guide plates 11 form stopsagainst which the outwardly bent lower ends 15 of the legs 12 engagewhen the top is lifted so that complete withdrawal of the legs isprevented.

Firmly welded or otherwise secured to the legs 12 are shelves 16, thespace between adjacent shelves being of proper size to ac commodate thestandard width of reel commonly used in motion picture machines. Eachshelf will thus support one reel and, as can be seen from Fig. 4:, eachreel is freely accessible and can be removed or replaced withoutdisturbing any other. The shelves are of general triangular form and ontwo sides of the set of shelves are provided stop plates 17. theremaining side being left open for insertion and removal of reels./Vithin the casing and fixed thereto is a third stop plate 18 which notonly assists in guiding the cabinet, but also in the closure therefor,legs fixed to closed position of the device holds the reels from lateralmovement, the size of the shelves being of proper size to cause thereels to fit snugly between the three step plates when the caseisclosed. Adjacent the bottom of each leg is a bent spring wire 19arranged to form a snap latch so that, with the cabinet elevated, thelatches will engage on top of the respective plates 11 and hold thecabinet elevated until it is desired to lower it, this operation beingreadily performed by pushing the latches inward to free them from theplates 11 In order to provide a handle for the case, means for raisingthe cabinet and a lock to prevent raising the cabinet out of the casewhen it is not desirable a simple device is employed which is best seenin Fig. 3. By

reference to this figure it will be seen that a cup-shaped depression 20is formed in the center ofthe top 13 and extending across thisdepression through, suitable openings in the side walls thereof is asliding bolt 21 having a downwardly ofi'set end 22 engage able beneathone of the plates 11 when the cover is closed. To lreep the bolt fromaccidentally moving from beneath its plate 11 a spring latch 22 issecured to the bolt and passes through the side wall of the depression20, the latch being so shaped that it engages the wall, as shown in Fig.3, whenever the device is locked. One end of the latch projects into thedepression so that it may be engaged by the operators finger and movedupward, thus allowing the bolt to move. ln addition to the latch, thebolt is provided with openings 23 for the reception of a sealing wirewhich, when passed through the openings, will engage the wall of thedepression and prevent retraction of said bolt.

There has thus been provided a simple and ellicient cevice of the kinddescribed and for the purpose specified.

.Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A shipping case including a casing, a closure therefor, legsprojecting from the closure into the casing, and spaced shelves carriedby the legs.

2. A shipping case including a casing, a closure therefor, legsprojecting from the closure into the casing, spaced shelves carried bythe legs, and means to hold said legs releasably against movement intosaid casingx.

.3. sh pping case lncluding a casing, a

the closureand pro ecting nto the casing, spaced shelves carr ed by thelegs, means to limit withand means to hold said legs releasably againstmovement into the casing when withdrawn.

4. a shipping case including a casing, a closure therefor, legs fixed tothe closure and projectin into the casing, spaced shelves carried by thelegs, means to limit with drawal oi the legs from the casing, means tohold said legs releasably in withdrawn position, and other releasablemeans to hold the closure shut and the legs within the casing.

A shipping case including a casing having an open upper end, a lidfitting said upper end, legs fixed to the lid and projecting within thecasing, spaced shelves carried by the legs, guides in the casing for thelegs, and stops on the legs engageable with the guides to limitwithdrawal of the legs.

6. A shipping case including a casing having an open upper end, a lidfitting said upper end, legs fixed to the lid and pr o jecting withinthe casing, spaced shelves carried by the legs, guides in the casing forthe legs, stops on the legs engageable with the guides to limitwithdrawal of the legs, and spring latches on said "legs engageable withthe guides to hold the legs releasably when withdrawn.

7. A shipping case including a casing having an open upper end, a lidfitting said upper end, legs fixed to the lid and project ing within thecasing, spaced shelves carried by the legs, guides in the casing for thelegs, stops on the legs engageable with the guides to limit withdrawalof the legs, spring latches on said legs engageable with the guides tohold the legs releasably when withdrawn, and lockingmeans to hold thelid closed and the legs against withdrawal.

8. A shipping case including a substantially triangular casing having anopen upper end, guide plates fixed within the casingadjacent said upperend to a top for said casing having a depressed cup-shaped centralportion, flat legs fixed to the top and bearing against the guide platesspaced shelves carried by the legs, out-turned feet on said legs formingstops to engage the guide plates, spring latches carried by the legsclose to said feet, a bolt extending across the depressed portion of thetop and passing slidably through the wall of said portion, the end ofsaid bolt being engageable beneath a guide plate, and a spring latchcarried by the bolt to engage said wall and prevent accidentalretraction of the bolt.

In testlmony whereof wehave aiiixed our signatures.

EMIL F. HOLINGER. CHARLES L; GUL'ICK.

